PODCAST · business
The Ambition Project
by Symbol Syndication
The Ambition project is a series in which Jonathan Hafichuk interviews successful and ambitious Calgary entrepreneurs about their struggles as a business owner, what they've had to overcome on their journey to success, and valuable insights for other entrepreneurs.
Episodes
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Heidi McKillop - A Stranded Nation
Heidi McKillop is a former Calgary waitress turned documentary film producer. With no film experience and her only initial budget being from tips, Heidi was able to produce a high-quality, passion-fuelled documentary on the obstacles faced by the Alberta oil and gas industry. Watch the full film...
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Lazar Radulović - Building Serbia's Largest Food Distribution Business
In this episode of the Ambition Project, we deviate a little bit from the usual Calgary entrepreneurs. We were fortunate to have the opportunity to interview Lazar Radulović while visiting family in Canada, founder of M&L International which is the largest food distribution company in Serbia and...
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Patrick Chiu - Trico Communities & Trico Group
In this interview Jonathan Hafichuk sits down with Patrick Chiu who is the general manager of Trico Communities and the president of the Trico Group which is an umbrella over the Chiu family companies including Trico homes. Trico homes was started by Wayne Chiu and is one of the most prominent…
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Megan Stanley - Founder of Dogma Training and Pet Services
Megan Stanley is the founder of Dogma Training and pet services. Through Dogma (which she has run in Calgary for 14 years), she promotes responsible dog training and and is an advocate for reward based training opposed to punishment based training. She also sits on the board of the Canadian...
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David Allwright - Dean of Business and Technology at Bow Valley College
In this interview, Jonathan Hafichuk talks to Dr. David Allwright, the Dean of Business and Technology at Bow Valley College in Calgary, Alberta. They cover a wide range of topics including how the Chiu School of Business works with entrepreneurs, benefits and shortcomings of traditional...
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Robert Price - Revolutionizing Real Estate with Bode Canada
Robert Price is the founder and CEO of Bode Canada which is an online real estate brokerage that makes selling real estate simple, transparent and more economical. Robert was a former executive at Axia FibreNet and worked with them in the telecommunications space for over 11 years before they…
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Jordan Fowler - The Realities of Building a Business
Jordan Fowler is the founder of Urban Measure, a local Calgary company that specializes in building measurements, photography and videography. Jordan has had a wild ride in his years in business and has had both major successes but also faced significant challenges. We talk about advice for new...
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Todd Litwiniuk - Scaling the Unscalable
Symbol Syndication provides video production and SEO services to Calgary and area. In this interview I sat down with Todd Litwiniuk the CEO of Litwiniuk and company which is a personal injury law firm that now operates with over 80 employees. We talk about how Todd got into law and followed the...
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Vince Fowler - The Framework for Mastery
Vince Fowler is a prominent Calgary business coach, sports coach, speaker and father. He was formerly a paratrooper and is constantly devoting himself to learning more about psychology to better help his clients overcome the struggles they face both in their businesses and in their lives. In this...
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Alex Putici - Work-Life Balance with Work Nicer
Loving Husband. Entrepreneur. Community Builder. Apple Fanboy. College Dropout. Student of Life. Today we talk with Alex Putici (putici.com) who is the founder of Alberta's largest coworking community, Work Nicer. Alex's focus on building a strong supportive community has also lead him to found...
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Connor Curran – Building Community with Local Laundry
Connor Curran is the founder of the well-known and well- worn Calgary brand, Local Laundry. Local Laundry: OUR GOAL: TO BUILD COMMUNITY THROUGH CANADIAN CLOTHING We want to be Canada's best company at building community through our five guiding pillars: representing where you come from; sharing...
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Adam Thompson – Building a Million Dollar Sock Company
Adam Thompson is the founder of Friday Sock Co. In this interview, we talk about his previous life attempting to be a comedian and working as a head hunter and how he got into selling socks.
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Kyle Shewfelt - 3X Olympian, Gold Medalist and Entrepreneur
Kyle Shewfelt is Canada's most successful gymnast in history having attended three Olympic Games and winning a gold medal in 2004. In this interview, we talk about what it took to get to the level he was at and how he came back from breaking both his legs only 11 months before competing in 2008.…
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Mike Sherrard - The Purple Realtor
Mike Sherrard (better known as the Purple Realtor) is a local Calgary realtor and entrepreneur. Through creative use of social media, personal branding, and a purple BMW, he rapidly built a real estate business and a name for himself. In this interview, we talk about his transition from being an...
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Kyle Friedman – Building a Million Dollar Painting Company
Kyle Friedman is a serial entrepreneur, the founder of Zoom Painting, Zoom Living, Ash and Oak and currently sits on the board of EO Calgary (Entrepreneur Organization). Coming from an entrepreneurial family, he has a history of starting different business ventures. One of Kyle's businesses, Zoom...
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Andrew Obrecht – Building YYC Cycle
Andrew Obrecht is one of the founding partners of YYC Cycle which is a chain of spin studios located in Calgary and YEG-Cycle in Edmonton. Andrew talks about his past ventures, struggles in entrepreneurship and what it has taken to build YYC Cycle into what it is today, as well as their plans for...
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Kevin Kent - An Undeniably Better Knife Store Chain
Kevin Kent is the fascinating founder of Knifewear, Kent of Inglewood and Long Ladder Media. In this interview, he talks about what makes the Japanese knives that Knifewear sells undeniably better and the struggles that have come with opening 5 knife stores plus a store of interesting products...
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Boris Vujanovic - Refugee to Overnight Success
Boris Vujanovic is one of the two partners who started WestMaids which within two years has grown to mid-six-figure revenue almost entirely due to SEO (Search Engine Optimization). In this interview, we talk about how his family came to Canada and how he went about rapidly building his business…
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Adam Browne - Vagus Fitness
Adam Browne is a local Calgarian who started running boot camps in a basement with his business partner and now owns successful a fitness studio in Royal Oak.
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Lawyer Charles Osuji - Immigrant to Partner by 31
Charles Osuji is the managing partner at Osuji and Smith Lawyers in Calgary, Alberta. He came to Canada from Nigeria and challenged the Canadian bar. After this, through hard work and dedication, he worked his way up through the ranks to eventually making partner. Shortly after, he bought out his...
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Jeremy Fokkens - Award Winning Photographer
Jeremy Fokkens is an internationally published and award-winning photographer based out of Calgary, Alberta. In this interview, we talk about how Jeremy went from traveling the world and dancing on a cruise ship to becoming an award-winning photographer. We discuss how photographers can set...
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Shawn Freeman – TWT Group
Shawn Freeman is a local Calgary entrepreneur and founded of the TWT Group which provides IT services for small and medium businesses in Calgary. In this interview we talk about what it took to get his business off the ground, how he gives his staff unlimited vacation time and developing your...
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Kim Orlesky – KO Advantage Group
Kim Orlesky is the founder of the KO Advantage Group which runs the KO Sale U. She is an expert in high-value business to business sales. In this interview, we talk about how she got into sales, what she has learned along the journey and some actionable sales tips for businesses.
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Ryan Townend – WJ Communications
Ryan Townend started William Joseph communications in Calgary, Alberta, providing marketing businesses of all sizes. After this, he expanded to other cities and now has four locations. In this interview we talk about the ups, the downs and the hurdles that come with rapid growth.
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Andy Fennell – Gravity Espresso and Wine Bar
Andy Fennell is the owner of Gravity Espresso and Wine Bar in Inglewood, Calgary. Andy started Gravity just before the recession in Calgary and managed to overcome the struggles of a changing economy. In this interview we talk about work-life balance, creating a solid business plan and what to...
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Nelson Liem - Exmerce Barter
Nelson Liem is a Calgary entrepreneur who started a very successful barter network in Calgary called Exmerce. Nelson is one of the nicest and most helpful people you'll meet which is surely one of the contributing factors to his success and a strong part of his personal brand. In this interview…
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Graham Sherman - Tool Shed Brewing
Graham Sherman didn't come from money. No one gave him a permission slip that said, "Hey Graham, you're going to be a successful entrepreneur!" Graham struggles with the same human issues as the rest of us. From risking everything to finding the balance between family and business, Graham…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Ambition project is a series in which Jonathan Hafichuk interviews successful and ambitious Calgary entrepreneurs about their struggles as a business owner, what they've had to overcome on their journey to success, and valuable insights for other entrepreneurs.
HOSTED BY
Symbol Syndication
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The Ambition project is a series in which Jonathan Hafichuk interviews successful and ambitious Calgary entrepreneurs about their struggles as a business owner, what they've had to overcome on their journey to success, and valuable insights for other entrepreneurs.
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The Ambition Project is created and hosted by Symbol Syndication.
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